diff --git a/mod/wiki/lang/en/wiki.php b/mod/wiki/lang/en/wiki.php
index 1c929d911dd..80fbdf45612 100644
--- a/mod/wiki/lang/en/wiki.php
+++ b/mod/wiki/lang/en/wiki.php
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ $string['editfiles'] = 'Edit wiki files';
 $string['editing'] = 'Editing wiki page';
 $string['editingcomment'] = 'Editing comment';
 $string['editingpage'] = 'Editing this page \'{$a}\'';
+$string['editsection'] = 'edit';
 $string['files'] = 'Files';
 $string['filenotuploadederror'] = 'File \'{$a}\' could not be uploaded correctly.';
 $string['filtername'] = 'Wiki auto-linking';
diff --git a/mod/wiki/parser/markups/wikimarkup.php b/mod/wiki/parser/markups/wikimarkup.php
index cf7a2b327e7..78a37900147 100644
--- a/mod/wiki/parser/markups/wikimarkup.php
+++ b/mod/wiki/parser/markups/wikimarkup.php
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ abstract class wiki_markup_parser extends generic_parser {
     protected $wiki_page_id;
 
     //sections
-    protected $section_edit_text = "[edit]";
     protected $repeated_sections;
 
     protected $section_editing = true;
@@ -181,7 +180,7 @@ abstract class wiki_markup_parser extends generic_parser {
         $text = trim($text);
 
         if (!$this->pretty_print && $level == 1) {
-            $text .= parser_utils::h('a', $this->section_edit_text, array('href' => "edit.php?pageid={$this->wiki_page_id}&section=" . urlencode($text), 'class' => 'wiki_edit_section'));
+            $text .= parser_utils::h('a', '['.get_string('editsection', 'wiki').']', array('href' => "edit.php?pageid={$this->wiki_page_id}&section=" . urlencode($text), 'class' => 'wiki_edit_section'));
         }
 
         if ($level < 4) {